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A PS5 Subscription Could Be The Cheapest Way To Get GTA 6 When It Finally Arrives

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There’s a big week ahead of us. This week marks the last full week before we the brand new Grand Theft Auto VI finally launches.

Yup, after 13 whole years, the countdown is officially on. We’ve been waiting and waiting, and now there are just six days left until pre-load for GTA 6 starts on 12 November, and another week after that until the game is available to play on November 19.

If you’re worried about not being able to experience this momentous occasion to its full up because of your set up, you’re in luck.

The launch has coincided with Black Friday, and as well as some banging deals on, well, everything, there are several early Black Friday deals on PlayStation 5.

The best I’ve come across so far, though, is this subscription service that costs just £19.49 per month to rent a PS5 and the GTA 6 game for 12 months.

I know, that sounds almost too good to be true, but it is.

As usual, Raylo has pulled it out of the bag with a ton of unbeatable Black Friday deals, and this one takes the cake.

As well as being £0 upfront, the device also comes with a lifetime warranty while you’re a subscriber, and you’ll get a fair wear and tear policy so if things get a little crazy while playing, you’ll have some backup.

But with the excitement truly building, you’ll want to move quickly, because it could sell out.

See you at the opening mission!

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I Just Learned The Names Of Tetris Blocks, And They’re Perfect

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Next year, Tetris turns 40 and I have been pre-emptively celebrating by giving myself wrist cramp as I marathon the game on my phone.

While we all know by now that Tetris has quite a bit of Lore, I mean, even Apple Studios have produced a film about it starring Taron Egerton.

That being said, while I spend all of my hours in the evening flipping and swiping Tetris blocks around, I’d never considered that they actually have names and, uh, I would never have guessed them.

The names of Tetris blocks were an important tool in the early days of the game

In the early days of the game, the bricks didn’t have colours as the game was in black and white. This meant that identifying the blocks was easier done by using names for the shapes.

According to The Gamer: “One of the most popular ways to name the blocks is to call them as the letter of the alphabet that they resemble: I, O, L, J, S, Z, and T.”

Which, honestly, makes perfect sense.

However, some pranksters have given them other names in the past in a move that actually was believed by the producers at the trivia show Jeapordy!

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It all started when X (formerly Twitter) user vechitto shared a post, saying: “I found the original instruction booklet for Tetris and… did anyone know that these pieces had names??”

The edited instructions said: “There are seven total Tetris blocks, and knowing which is which at a glance is essential to mastering the game.”

In this cheeky post, our L shaped friends are named Orange and Blue Ricky, the Z’s are named after Cleveland and Rhode Island, the long line is called Hero, the T is Teewee and the cube? Smashboy.

Now, I will admit that when my blocks are getting too high and I desperately need to score a Tetris, yes, I would call the long line a hero. So, fair play. That one kind of works.

Orange and Blue Ricky, though?! Chaos.

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